Pellegrini on Isco, Amrabat, Ruibal, Deossa, Junior, Bellerín, Pablo García, possible goalkeeper rotation, and Getafe

Real Betis Balompié

How his team arrives after the derby

"The team is doing well, of course, when a match ends we do an analysis of all the positive and negative aspects. Football demands you to play again in a few days and we are already focused on the next match."

His team drops back after scoring

"No, the team always goes out to seek the matches. I don’t know which matches you’re talking about, but when we score the first goal we try to stay forward searching for the second. What matters is that in the second half of the season we are the second highest scoring team, behind Real Madrid. What matters to me is the overall aspect."

Goalkeeper rotations

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Álvaro Valles
2.480.000€-70.000€    -

J1

PT

16

48

Pau López
160.000€    -

J1

PT

12

"No, at the moment there isn’t a league goalkeeper and a European goalkeeper. Right now Álvaro is playing, and he is doing well. We will see if he keeps the spot or if Pau or Adrián come in. Now it’s LaLiga and we will try to start with the best eleven to get the points."

Getafe

"First, regardless of results, a very difficult opponent like all in LaLiga. Logically they are in a good moment, with more confidence than some time ago, and they have always been a very tough opponent at their home."

Frustration from the derby

"It didn’t surprise me because we know the passion the derby generates in Sevilla. We are the first ones who would have liked to win, we have won two and drawn one in the last three, which makes it gratifying to see that a draw is no longer satisfactory. We couldn’t win for different circumstances of which I also consider myself responsible, but that doesn’t mean the team had a drop or underestimated the opponent. Football is like that, the second half went badly for us as the first half went well."

How Ruibal is doing

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Aitor Ruibal
4.760.000€-60.000€    3

J1

DF

14

"Aitor had a small problem with a meniscus several months ago, it’s not very big, it causes him some pain from time to time, but he’s in condition to be called up and to play."

Amrabat

43

Sofyan Amrabat
2.210.000€+30.000€    -

J1

MD

00

"Sofyan Amrabat’s progress is very important; we are seeing it as he does more work on the field. For now, he is working separately, not even training with the group. We still have two weeks before the break. We will see if he might be able to play; it might be a bit tight, but the work he is doing as he accepts it will show us."

Deossa not in the starting lineup

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Nelson Deossa
1.630.000€-130.000€    -

J1

MD

00

"We will see the lineup against Getafe, Deossa will surely be called up, players have better and worse phases, moments when they play more or less. The team had been playing only once a week and is coming off very good results. For different reasons the starting eleven had few changes. Thursdays come back again and everyone will have their chance and when they get it, they must know how to take advantage of it."

Firpo and Bellerín after their injury

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Junior Firpo
440.000€+10.000€    -

J1

DF

10

54

Héctor Bellerín
380.000€    -

J1

DF

20

"Both are at least already doing normal work, they have appeared again on the bench in recent matches. They had pretty long injuries, the team was having a good run playing just one match per week. They haven’t had the opportunity to reappear yet, but surely we will see both of them later in some of the matches."

The Europa League draw

"The opponent is of course important, with a very important history and tradition in Greek football, they have played Champions and Europa many times. They are used to being in those types of competitions. I don’t rate teams more difficult or easier based on what they have done previously. After the match against Getafe, we have to focus on that Europa League tie, it would be very important to take a step to the next round and for that, we have to play a complete match. That’s why we have a squad demanded to play two competitions at the highest level. We will see for each match who starts."

Doronins, youth player with the first team

"Nikita is not called up, when a player is missing for the work we are going to do, we bring players from the reserve or youth team so they get to know and integrate with the first team. Today it was Nikita’s turn."

Pablo García, with the reserve team

"I’m very glad Pablo wanted to play the derby against Sevilla today. It suits him because he’s been without football. Playing helps him, continuing integrated in his division, he will keep training with us, he is a player absolutely considered a promise for the future. Like all players, they have better and worse moments, he has played less because as I said we’ve kept a team in the last matches. Pablo is following his path, will keep training with the first team and has a very bright future."